LOT 4
JENKINS, JOHN.
THE NAVAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE YEAR 1793 TO 1817.LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JENKINS... BY L. HARRISON, [1816-1817, BUTPLATES WATERMARKED 1833]
4to (350 x 275mm.), engraved title with vignette and 55 aquatintplates, all coloured by hand, one plain etched plate at end (withtext on verso), modern blue morocco gilt by The Chelsea Bindery,watered silk endleaves, top edge gilt, slipcase, very slightoffsetting, lacking leaf with list of subscribers
8,000—10,000 GBP
Description
4to (350 x 275mm.), engraved title with vignette and 55 aquatintplates, all coloured by hand, one plain etched plate at end (withtext on verso), modern blue morocco gilt by The Chelsea Bindery,watered silk endleaves, top edge gilt, slipcase, very slightoffsetting, lacking leaf with list of subscribers
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Abbey, Life 337; Tooley (1954) 282

engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, 55 hand-coloured aquatints and one uncoloured plate, without the portraits and list of subscribers, occasional spotting, slight crease to 'commencement of the battle of trafalgar' plate, a few neat repairs (mainly to margins but just affecting one or two images), dark blue crushed half morocco by zaehnsdorf, gilt, t.e.g. [cf. abbey life 337], 4to (342 x 269),
l. harrison for j. jenkins, [plates watermarked 1831]
the naval achievements of great britain, from the year 1793 to 1817,

John Eliot Jenkins (American, 1868-1937)
A view of the Hotel Del Coronado
unsigned
oil on canvas
27 x 45in
overall: 32 x 50in
It is believed that this painting hung in the Hotel Del Coronado until 1946, when the hotel went through an extensive restoration.